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být na dvě věci: na nic a na hovno

/[biːt na dvjɛ vjɛt͡sɪ na ɲɪt͡s a na ɦovno]/
Czechphrase

Definitions

  1. 1.
    vulgarto be worthless, to have no use, to suck
    • „Samý prachy!" pronesl muž a pokračoval: „A stejně sou mi na dvě věci. Na nic a na hovno!"

      "Nothing but money!" said the man and continued: "And it sucks to me anyway."

    • „Nedělej to,“ přemlouvala mě Tamara. „Fakt, bude ti to na dvě věci: na nic a na hovno. Věř mi. Čeho tím dosáhneš?“

      "Don't do it," Tamara was convincing me. "Really, it sucks. Believe me. What will you achieve by that?"

    • Nynější ministerstvo kultury je na dvě věci, jak praví moravské úsloví, totiž na nic a na hovno.

      The contemporary ministry of culture is good for two things, as the Moravian proverb says, that is for nothing and for shit.

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Etymology

Literally, “be (good) for two things: for nothing and for shit”.

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